Author Title Publication
Remember, there is more to a citation than the authors! Find out how to cite print sources, online sources, and other types of sources.
Single Author
Author's Last Name, First Name. Title. Publication Information.
Solomon, Steven. Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization. New York: Harper Perennial, 2010. Print.
Single Author
Solomon writes, "To get through the day she recycles what water she can, using leftover laundry water to mop the balcony, for instance" (425).
"To get through the day she recycles what water she can, using leftover laundry water to mop the balcony, for instance" (Solomon 425).
Note: If authors of sources on your works cited page have the same last name, add the first initial of each author's name to the in-text citations.
"To get through the day she recycles what water she can, using leftover laundry water to mop the balcony, for instance" (S. Solomon 425).
Two or More Authors
Two or Three Authors
Author's Last Name, First Name, and Second Author's First Last Name. Title. Publication Information.
Grigsby, Laura, and Emily Medici. "Too Much of a Good Thing: Zinc Toxicosis In Dogs." Veterinary Medicine 108.11 (2013): 492-498. OmniFile Full Text Mega (H.W. Wilson). Web. 9 Dec. 2014.
Author's Last Name, First Name, Second Author's First Last Name and Third Author's First Last Name. Title. Publication Information.
Four or More Authors
Author's Last Name, First Name, et al. Title. Publication Information.
Bruce, Amanda S., et al. "Consumers' Neural and Behavioral Responses to Food Technologies and Price. Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, & Economics 7.3 (2014): 164-173. Academic Search Complete. Web. 9 Dec. 2014.
Two or More Authors
Two to Three Authors
Grigsby and Medici suggest, "Many dogs that develop zinc toxicosis can recover quickly if diagnosis and therapy are initiated in a timely manner" (498).
Four or More Authors
"The rejection of new food technologies by consumers may lead to regulations prohibiting their broader use..." (Bruce et al. 425).
Multiple Works by the Same Author
Use three hypens to replace the authors name in subsequent citations. Place in order by the first important word of the title.
Gordon, Robert. It Came From Memphis. New York: Pocket Books, 1995. Print.
---. Respect Yourself: Stax Records and the Soul Explosion. New York: Bloomsbury USA, 2014. Print.
Multiple Works by the Same Author
Add the title or a shortened version of the title to the in-text citation
According to Gordon, "Record distribution was, and remains, a tricky business." (Respect Yourself 7).
Rock and roll was ground breaking in Memphis as it "...rejected the idea of enforced segregation, mixing cultures as it mixed musical genres" (Gordon, Memphis 2).
Organization as Author
Organization Name. Title. Publication Information.
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Office on Smoking and Health. How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable Disease. Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2010. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Web. 11 Dec. 2014.
Organization as Author
"The evidence on the mechanisms by which smoking causes disease indicates that there is no risk-free level of exposure to tobacco smoke" (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion).
Note: There are no page numbers in this document so they are not included in the in-text citation.
Editors
Editor(s) and Author(s)
Author's Last Name, First Name. Title. Ed. Editor's First and Last Name. Publication Information.
William, Shakespeare. Henry IV: Parts One and Two. Ed. John Crowther. New York: Spark Notes, 2005. Print.
Editor(s), No Author
Editor's Last Name, First Name, and Second Editor's First and Last Name, eds. Title. Publication Information.
Bassert, Joanna M., and John A. Thomas, eds. McCurnin's Clinical Textbook for Veterinary Technicians. Eighth edition. St. Louis: Elsevier, 2014. Print.
No Author
Title. Publication Location: Publisher, Year published. Medium.
Business Travel in Thailand. Axiom Press, 2003. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 23 Jan. 2015
No Author
"Before reserving airline tickets and accomodations, make sure you haven't planned your trip during a major Thai holiday." (Business Travel in Thailand 7).
